Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy (11 September 1952-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-PA 18) from 3 January 2003 to 21 October 2017, succeeding Michael F. Doyle and preceding Conor Lamb.

Biography
Tim Murphy was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952, and he worked as a psychologist and as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh after college. He served in the State Senate from 1997 to 2003, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives. In 2017, he resigned from the US Congress after it was discovered that, after having an extramarital affair, he urged his lover to have an abortion, despite his publicly pro-life stances. Democratic Party member Conor Lamb won the special election to succeed Murphy.